Eigenfactor
Does the Principle of Repeated Improvement Result in Better Journal Impact Estimates than Raw Citation Counts?
It’s All About the People
It’s unavoidable — even a session on technical issues becomes about the people. It’s integral to Web 2.0.
The Paradox of Online Journals
Online availability of articles may shorten citation window, lead to fewer articles being cited new research suggests.
The Foldable E-Book
The New York Times recently profiled the Readius, a foldable reader that uses e-ink and wireless communication so you can read books, magazines, and emails on a 5″ diagonal screen, from a device about the size of a cell phone […]
The Age of the Blog
Michael Bhaskar at theDigitalist.net has written an interesting two-part rumination on the place of blogs in the publisher milieu. In it, he neatly slices publishers away from the technological aspect of blogs — wisely dismissing publishers as possible creators of […]
Is It Up or Down?
The stakes for downtime are increasing, and nobody is immune. Not even the people at downforeveryoneorjustme.com.
Wildfire or Tipping Point?
The notion that a small group of highly-influential people are responsible for trends may need to be replaced by a more random notion that any person can start a trend when the conditions are right.
Will Data Beat Hypotheses?
The scientific method may be challenged by a new approach based on data crunching and discovery.
Vacations Are Worth Preserving
It’s high vacation season here in the United States, and a little political movement aiming to recapture the very idea of vacations caught my attention. I thought it might be worth getting a little motivated to going off-line in a […]
Versions — NISO’s New Recommendations
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has released its recommendations on versioning of journal articles. It is a document worth looking over, for a great deal of careful thought has gone into it. The document also reflects the schizophrenic relationship […]
Reputation Matters
A new (and flawed) study reveals that reputation matters. In fact, it’s core to scientific expression.
Oxford’s Open Book on Open Access
Claire Bird provides a refreshingly agnostic and evidence-based approach to open access experiments with Oxford University Press.
Bomomo — Etch-a-Sketch 2.0
OK, time for another Friday timesink, this time a drawing tool called Bomomo. The little balls find your cursor. Holding it down makes them bigger. Dragging makes them do things. Have fun! Draw yourself some 4th of July fireworks while […]
Truthiness and Pablumonium
Image via Wikipedia Yesterday, I published a post containing a neologism — pablumonium — that caught people’s attention. I was pleasantly surprised by the emails and feedback since it was a long post and a wry insertion of a strangely […]
FCC Misses Both Forest and Trees
Image via Wikipedia The San Francisco Chronicle (and other sources) recently reported on an initiative from the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to examine embedded advertisements in TV programming (“product placements”). Examples rolled out by reporters and the FCC itself include […]